Your Questions Answered; Day 8 what is your reason for living? –Goldy I’m not sure if this is where Goldy was going with this question, but this is where I’m going. If you’re wondering if there’s a reason to go on living, if you’re contemplating suicide and putting it all behind you I know what…
Your Questions Answered; Day 6 How do you know you write the dumbest blog ever? –Jim There is little agreement concerning America’s newest sport sensation, but we can all agree that Lia Thomas knows how to swim. That ability, however, is not what makes Lia special. Lia is special because Lia has realized that self-perception…
Your Questions Answered; Day 4 The many uses of a baseball bat? –Paul A toothpick for trolls Something to whittle A tool for fending off moose Shortening conversations with the neighbors Kneading bread As a juggling prop Something to fix furniture with Stirring the pot An instrument to to carry while speaking softly a rug…
Legend has it that former President Barack Obama had a plaque in his office which read “the arc of history bends towards justice.” Whatever the original meaning of this quote, in Obama’s case the saying symbolized the type of post cold-war neo-liberalism determinism which had been famously championed by his predecessor Bill Clinton. The idea…
Oh my barrel’s got a hole in it My barrel’s got a hole in it I’ll plug it if I can But if I can’t it’s grand Oh my barrel’s got a hole in it Oh my milk pail’s got a hole in it My milk pail’s got a hole in it I’ll bash it…
The fever pitch of war has a way of obscuring something very fundamental: war is bad. Completely and utterly bad. Stalwart heroes and just causes cannot alter this reality. Right now the people of Ukraine are heroes to the world, and that heroism is deserved. But it does nothing to diminish the ugliness of war.…
In the 1980s American President Ronald Reagan struck a decisive blow in the Cold War by clearly reiterating America’s commitment to self defense and deterrence while condemning the authoritarian impulses of America’s adversaries. It’s little more than a footnote of history, but during that same decade an inconsequential young Senator from Delaware had his own…
Rudolph wanted nothing more than to be a normal reindeer. Unfortunately for him, he experienced a physical condition which, although it was not debilitating, set him apart from the other reindeer. While all of the other reindeer had normal brown noses Rudolph’s nose glowed bright red. Perhaps the other reindeer were jealous, or perhaps they…
So you want to write for the New York Times? Congratulations! The New York Times is the most popular and respected newspaper in the country, writing for such a distinguished publication is a career pinnacle for many writers and journalists. Anyone can write for the Times, you’ll just have to follow these simple steps. Here’s…
To refer to the intelligence, or lack thereof, in a given individual by giving reference to the mental acumen of their bodily posterior is an idiosyncratic tradition perhaps as old as time itself. However, when one pauses to consider the implications of this tradition one would be forgiven for failing to see the inherent logic…
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